Majority oppose impeaching Obama

A majority of people in the United States said President Obama shouldn’t be impeached, according to a CNN/ORC International poll released Friday.

Nearly two-thirds said they are against impeachment; 35 percent said they support it.

Nearly 60 percent of Republicans said they would support moves for Obama to be impeached, as would 35 percent of independents and 13 percent of Democrats.

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These numbers, however, are basically in line with public opinion on impeachment of other presidents, CNN's polling director said.

"Anti-impeachment sentiment is roughly where it was for past presidents — 67% opposed Bill Clinton's impeachment in September 1998, and 69% opposed impeaching George W. Bush when a few Democrats began talking about it in 2006,” CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said.